Impact Stories
One of the biggest hurdles that Ng’ombe Jubilee School faced was the daunting task of managing their finances. Despite its noble mission, the school struggled to keep their records in order. The consequences were dire: teachers were not receiving their salaries on time, making it difficult to retain talent and deliver the best education possible. Moreover, the school couldn't even consider renovating or making necessary improvements.
April was a busy time, much of it spent developing content for our Teaching Comprehension training. This took place at the beginning of May, with over 35 teachers in attendance from both our Chibanja and Chikondano school networks. The purpose of the training was to equip teachers with ways they can help their students to comprehend what they are reading.
Over the past 10 years, we've walked alongside Fountain of Life School through joys and struggles. Unfortunately, wavering between seasons of growth and attrition is typical in community schools. And the past few years have been discouraging for Priscilla and Magret at Fountain of Life. But... they never gave up hope, they persevered through the challenges, and they implemented best practices along the way.
After years of attending school, the door to reading has finally been unlocked for Helen. Despite attending class on a regular basis, she struggled to grasp what was being taught, and she was too shy to approach the teacher to ask for help. So year after year, she went through the motions without ever learning how to read fluently. And as the years passed, it became more and more embarrassing for her to see how far behind she was falling.
But her 6th grade teacher changed it all.
We opened our initial library in 2018, and within the first year of operations, it was already clear that we would need more space. The community interest in our Library was growing each week, and our small room couldn’t accommodate all of the children who would come. We also knew that some day, we would expand our program into more schools and be more serving more children and teachers on a weekly basis.
So the dream for a bigger Center was planted in 2019,
Technology is rarely used in community schools. So when the parents at Joy Grace saw the teachers on tablets and smartphones during class, they thought they were neglecting their children and just playing on social media. They began to complain to the school’s director who had to call a school-wide meeting and explain to the parents that the teachers were using educational apps to help their children learn.
For one parent, that wasn’t the end of the story.
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